Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 18, Number 12, December 2011

Abstract

Diagnoses of complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (ICD-9-CM: 630-679) include both morbid complications and indications for routine care of pregnant women. During 2001-2010, U.S. service members with live births (n=156,314) had 1.16 million medical encounters with primary diagnoses of pregnancy complications . The most frequent diagnoses were other current conditions , other threatened labor (e.g., false labor), previous cesarean delivery and normal delivery . The number of complication-related medical encounters per pregnancy more than doubled during 2001-2010. Diagnoses of gestational diabetes, previous cesarean delivery and advanced maternal age contributed to the largest increases in pregnancy-related medical encounters during the period. The complications that accounted for the largest increases in the percents of pregnancies affected by them were urinary tract infections, fetal heart rate/rhythm abnormalities and back pain in pregnancy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554212

Entities

Organizations

  • Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Brain Injuries
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Pain
  • Patient Care
  • Second World War
  • Surgery
  • Therapy
  • Urologic Diseases

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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